“I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.” ThinkingWritingTryingDoneActorsDisservice Author:Paul Haggis
“I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.” ThinkingJobsActorsEasyToughCamerasBraveVulnerable Author:Paul Haggis
“It takes me awhile to find something that I'm passionate about. I'm reading a lot and thinking a lot, and torturing myself a lot because I'm feeling really guilty for not writing something today.” ThinkingWritingFeelingsTodayReadingPassionateGuiltyTake Me Author:Paul Haggis
“We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.” ThinkingKnowsPrideBlindnessExcessive Pride Author:Paul Haggis
“As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.” ThinkingKnowsYou Think You Know Author:Paul Haggis
“Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves and we aren't willing to put ourselves in the skin of those characters and women, I think, terrify us. We tend not to write women as human beings. It's cartoons we're making now. And that's a shame.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingHumansCharacterHuman BeingsWillingSkinsShameBoxesCartoon Author:Paul Haggis
“I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.” ThinkingShouldWritingAnswers Author:Paul Haggis
“I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.” ThinkingGivingJobsFilmAsksAnswersTheatreFilmmakerGood Films Author:Paul Haggis
“We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.” ThinkingWayWritingLooksRealCharacterKeysJudgmentTendencies Author:Paul Haggis
